Language name and locationː Semelai, Malaya Peninsula [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区塞美来语, 马来半岛彭亨州, 森美兰州及柔佛州

 

1. muy  

21.  duwaʔ puluh satuʔ

2. duwaʔ (< Malay)

22.  duwaʔ puluh dwaʔ

3. hmpɛʔ

23.  duwaʔ puluh tigaʔ

4. hmpon

24.  duwaʔ puluh ʔmpat

5. məsɔŋ

25.  duwaʔ puluh limaʔ

6. ʔnam  / pruʔ ( Williams-Hunt, 1952)

26.  duwaʔ puluh ʔnam

7. tud͡ʒuh / tmpɔh (WH, 1952)

27.  duwaʔ puluh tud͡ʒuh

8. lapan / kitwit (WH, 1952)

28.  duwaʔ puluh lapan

9. smilan /kantim (WH, 1952)

29.  duwaʔ puluh smilan

10. səpuluh /kumai (WH, 1952)

30.  tigaʔ puluh

11. səblas

40.  ʔmpat puluh

12. dwa? blas

50.  limaʔ puluh

13. tigaʔ blas

60.  ʔnam puluh

14. ʔmpat blas

70.  tud͡ʒuh puluh

15. limaʔ blas

80.  lapan puluh

16. ʔnam blas

90.  smilan puluh

17. tud͡ʒuh blas

100. mə ratus

18. lapan blas

200.  duwaʔ ratus

19. smilan blas

1000. mə ribuʔ

20. duwaʔ puluh

2000. duwaʔ ribuʔ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nicole Kruspe, Department of Linguistics,
University of Melbourne. Australia, August 11, 2006.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Nicole Kruspe, 2006 年 8 月 11 日.

 

Other comments: Semelai is spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Johor states, Malaysia. Semelai still has Mon-Khmer numbers one, three to five, there is no record of an indigenous numeral 'two', even from earliest published sources. Although William-Hunt recorded numerals above 7, but Nicole never managed to collect these numerals during her field trip, so these forms may have come from a counting rhyme. Nowadays, the Semelai use Malay numerals after five, no mixing of indigenous and borrowed terms is permitted.  


 

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